1. Inertia

People don't leave until they have a compelling reason to leave. They will stay put until something pushes them to move. Bad corporate practices are not that strong an effect—boycotting every bad company in 2024 is not a thing people are trying to do, the world doesn't work like that.

1. Positive Network Effects

The size and value of Reddit's network still dwarves the fediverse, and that's the primary value of any social network—the people you can interact with.

They want views and lemmy's discoverability isnt easy

Some people just like debating. It’s incredibly refreshing when someone you completely disagree with raises a thoughtful, interesting point.

There the here and there. Where else would you like them to go?

Because reddit is ultra soft on leftists?

The responses here so far are bizarre. Those reddit communities should absolutely be pushing their members to switch to Lemmy. None of the excuses here so far are remotely valid.